arquebus
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An arquebus is an early type of gun that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, featuring a long barrel and requiring a lit match or similar device to fire. It mattered historically because it was one of the first firearms reliable enough to be widely used by armies and helped transform military warfare during that era.
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20 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Musket
- Mechanism and usage
- History
- Origins
- Ottomans
- Europe
- Mamluks
- Asia
- Iran
- Southeast Asia
- China
- European arquebus formations
- Use with other weapons
- Comparison to bows
- Cultural references
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Japanese arquebuses on a rack at Himeji Castle
An arquebus ( ) is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century. An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier.